Paul Haines (1932-3003). Courtesy Coach House Books.
Paul Haines (1933 - January 21, 2003) was a Canadian poet and jazz lyricist.
Life[]
Haines was born in Vassar, Michigan. He eventually settled in Canada, after spending time in Europe, India, and New York City.
Beginning in the mid-1970's, he taught high school french in Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada, for nearly 30 years.[1]
Haines's best-known work is Escalator over the Hill, a collaboration with Carla Bley.
Family[]
Haines's daughter, Emily Haines, is a songwriter and musician with Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton. His daughter, Avery Haines, is a Canadian television journalist and television show host.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
Collected editions[]
- Secret Carnival Workers (edited by Stuart Broomer). Toronto: H. Pal / Coach House Books, 2007.[2] [1]
Videography[]
- JUBILEE (1992 21 mins)
- OUR RUDD'S GOLDEN CURTAIN (1992 19 mins)
- LEARNING TO COPE WITH HOPE (1992 3 mins)
- AN ALL-ETHNIC ELECTRIC PROGRAM (1992 transfer from 1966 16mm., 25 mins)
- CURLEW: Paul Haines Set to Music (1989 44 mins)
- RICE SCENTED IN OUR ABSENCE (1983 33 mins)
- THIRD WORLD TWO (1981 50mins)--50 poems (French and English) read or sung by an all-star cast, with original music by Carla Bley, Derek Bailey, Steve Swallow and Sheila Jordan."
- UNDERSTANDING AN INTERRUPTION; 16 MUSICS (1981 60 mins)--Paul Bley, Rudd-Lacy, Albert Ayler, Mike Mantler, Gary Burton, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Larry Dubin-CCMC, Carla Bley, Monica Zetterland, Stuart Broomer, and Kip Hanrahan.
Audio / video[]
Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Hotel Overture
Curtsy (from Paul Haines Darn it! amcl 1014 18)
Emily Haines reads Paul Hains poems.
Albums[]
- Escalator Over the Hill: A chronotransduction (LP; with Carla Bley). New York: JCOA Records, 1971.
- Tropic Appetites (LP; with Carla Bley). New York: Watt Works, 1974.
- Darn It! Poems by Paul Haines, musics by many (CD). American Clave, 1993.
- A Beautiful Western Saddle (CD; with Curlew). Silver Spring, MD : Cuneiform Records, 1993.
- Dot (with George Cartwright). 1994.
- The Memphis Years (CD; with Curlew). Silver Spring, MD: Cuneiform Records, 2000.
- The Untraceable Cigar (CD; with Roof). Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Red Note, 1996.
- Trace (CD; with Roof). Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Red Note, 1999.
- Which Side Are You On (with 4Walls)
- American Clave Anthology
Except where noted, discographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- SUB ROSA [Peterborough, Ontario, Canada], vol. 5 No. 1, Spring 1995 (issue devoted entirely to "Paul Haines: Poetry/ Video/ Jazz", by Tom Sekowski, Stuart Broomer, Roswell Rudd and Michel Contat).
- "Paul Haines" by Andrew Jones, *JAZZIZ*, November 1995
- "Paul Haines / Now Can You Tell Me: An Article by Stuart Broomer: Words and Music: A Beautiful Western Saddle", CODA MAGAZINE, July/Aug 1995
- "Paul Haines - The Musical Psychic", by Tom Sekowski. *EXCLAIM!* [Canada], March 1995
- "Paul Haines - Man with a Future Vision", by Tom Sekowski, THE NEWSPAPER [Toronto, Canada], 11/23/94an."
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul Haines, Secret Carnival Workers (review), Literature and Arts of the Americas 77 (November 2008. Itineraries of a Hummingbird, Web, Sep. 6, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Search results = au: Paul Haines 1933-2003, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 6, 2014.
External links[]
- Audio / video
- Paul Haines at YouTube
- Paul Haines at Amazon.com
- About
- Paul Haines at The Beat 94.5FM
- Paul Haines at Coach House Books
- Paul Haines at the f-artgroup.
- Paul Haines, Secret Carnival Workers reviewed at Itineraries of a Hummingbird
- Hidden Gems in Secret Carnival Workers
- Paul Haines at Discogs
- Paul Haines at AllMusic
- About
- Paul Haines, Secret Carnival Workers (review), Literature and Arts of the Americas
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